Add is_class_static virtual method to GDCLASS macro.

[limbonaut]

Link to proposal: godotengine/godot-proposals#8852

In the godot-cpp, we already have get_class_static() added by GDCLASS macro. Having also an instance method virtual bool is_class_static(StringName cn) would provide an efficient comparison method to the already existing functionality.

Usage

Ref<MyBaseclass> ref = get_my_class(); // returns Ref<MySubclass>;
if (ref->is_class_static(MySubclass::get_class_static()) {
  // ...
}

[dsnopek]

Thanks!

However, as I wrote on the proposal: one of godot-cpp's design goals is to have the same API as internally in the engine (at least as much as possible), so, to add an is_class_static() method to godot-cpp, we'd need to first add it to the engine itself.

[pupil1337]

In your usage, i think ref->get_class() == MySubclass::get_class_static() can work great, no need to add new methods.
like:

class A : public Node.
class B : public  A.

Ref<A> ref = get_my_class(); // return Ref<B>;
if (ref->get_class() == B::get_class_static() {
    // ...
}

[limbonaut]

It is possible to do this with the existing methods, just as in GDScript. What I propose is to add an efficient StringName-based comparison that would complement an already existing function in godotcpp.